Weah Surname
Approximately 31,589 people bear this surname
Weah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 30,343 | 1:145 | 11 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| United States | 383 | 1:946,368 | 70,670 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| England | 42 | 1:1,326,620 | 59,571 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Senegal | 13 | 1:1,121,488 | 3,334 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 1:787,737 | 678 |
| Kenya | 9 | 1:5,131,100 | 45,516 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1:14,694,355 | 460,137 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Weah (1,267) may also be a first name.
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Weah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Weah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Weah (Arabic: ياه) is most common in Liberia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Weah? popularity and diffusion
Weah is the 17,523rd most prevalent family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 230,699 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Weah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 221,694th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 1,267 people.
The last name Weah is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 30,343 people, or 1 in 145. In Liberia Weah is primarily found in: Montserrado County, where 36 percent live, Maryland County, where 22 percent live and River Gee County, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia it is found in 59 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Weah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Weah has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Weah last name expanded 6,383 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Weah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Weah surname are 40.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 93.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Weah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 34.19% less than the national average, earning 227,752 kr per year; in United States they earn 25.64% less than the national average, earning $32,086 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.57% less than the national average, earning $34,994 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Weah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Weah in the Arabic language | ||
| ياه | yah | - |
| ويه | wyh | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Weah
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